Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-15

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accident occurred this moaning is compare
lively new one and that the accident
was caused by truck on one of the cars
giving way, causing the car to strike
against the abutment of the bridge. The
smoking car after it fell clught fire, but
the fire department was promptly on hand
and prevented any spread of the flames.
Early adYices indicate that thirty-three
persons were killed and forty injured.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
The bodies of the dead have all been re-
moved and of the wounded some are at the
hospital and some have been taken home,
so that il is very difficult to obtain their
names and the extent Of their injuries at
the present time. Among the killed are:
CONDUCTOR TILDEN.
SERGEANT NAYLOR, Of the West ROXbury
Division OF the Boston Police.
w. F. SNOW.
ALICE BURNETT, Of ROSlindale.
MABLE ADAMS, of Denham.
FRANK MORRIS, of Denham.
HARRY GAY, mOrtally injured and dying.
Among the injured are:
FRANK PLUMMER.
NELLIE PARKER.
Mrs. AMES.
GEORGE LORD.
l.. 4. CARR.
Mrs. LIPPINCOTT.
| CASSIE SNITTHERs.
- DRIsKO.
GEORGE MAY.
| FRED +. SCHROEDER.
Many of the injured were brought to the
/ hospital in this city and some Of the killed
have not been identified. The train was
CROWDED WITH WORKING PEOPLE,
and the most intense excitement prevails
among their friends, who are anxious to
| learn the name of those killed and in
mred. There are no reliable details OF
| the dead as vet. The police say that
/ twenty-three were killed outright and
that nearly rs many will die. 4 Webster
| Clapp died in the Forest Hill station
where he had been taken.
The engineer, when his engine broke
| from the train, kept right on TO Forest
Hill and gave the alarm instead of stop
ping to ascertain the extent OF the acct
| dent, and on that account it was possible
/ tO get assistance at once. The officers OF
the road are present and doing all they
can. Many doctors are there, doing every
thing in their power. superintendent
| Folsom says he does not know how many
were killed or injured. The bodies OF the
| killed were horribly mangled, some OF
their heads being entirely severed from
their bodies, and many of the bodies are
crushed beyond recognition.
A WEAK STRUCTURE.
The scene of the accident is about amile
from Jamaica Plain, where the main line
| of the Boston and Providence railroad
| branches off TO the left to Readville and
| Providence, while to the right runs a
syeeping curve, the Dedham branch. This
arm is built through a valley, and the en-
bankment tor long distance is high
one. South street, which leaves Newton
street near the Buzzy woods, runs diago-
nally under the track of the branch, and 1t
was into this cut that the cars OF the tram
plunged from the bridge which crossed 1t.
It has been stated that owing to the
macmillan arrangement OF the abutment, the
| bridge was really the weakest on the con-
cave side of the curve, where the heaviest
strain was experienced.
REVISED LIST OF THE CAsULTIEs.
The revised list of deaths, so far rs ascer-
| tanned is aS follows:
LIZZIE WALTON, aged II years, Of Ded-
ham.
| MYRON TILDEN, conductor.
| LIZZIE VAUDEVILLE, OfDedham.
VI. TAYLOR, policeman of Station l3.
Mrs. ELLIS, of West ROxbury.
! IDA ADAMS, aged Is years, of West Roslin-
dale.
ELLIS BURNETT, aged 20 years, of Roslin-
dale.
| EDWARD MORRIS, of Dedham.
GEO. METCALF, spOthecary, OF Boston.
| Mrs. CARDINAL, of ROslindale.
| CUAS. Snow, of West RoXbury.
STEPHEN HoUGHToN, aged 3S years, OF Ros-
lindale.
WEBSTER CLAPP, of West ROSbury.
WM. f. Snow, Of West RoNbury.
MRS. YENNARD. of West RoXbury.
FRANK NICHOLS, of Dedham.
II. HUMPHREY, of Dedham.
Among the wounded are the following
additional names:
JOHN II. DRAYTON, Of Dedham, right arm
| fractured.
EDWARD COOPER, OF Dedham, Internal IN
| juries.
WEBSTER DRAKE, assistant conductor, oil
Dedham, seriously injured.
| IT. C.. F. DRAKE, slightly injured.
O. S. HAMMOND, of Dedham, right arm
fractured.
WM. II. JORDAN, of Roslindale.
| All of the above named were taken to
hospital. The following were also injured:
W. II. SMITH, brakeman, badly hurt
/ X, SPAANO, barber, of West RONbury.
| WM. KREEKLES, of West RoNbury.
! J. C. CLEARSEY, of ROSlindsle.
| EDWARD PARKER, OF ROslindale.
GEO. WALDRoN, of Roslindale.
- HAWKINS, of Roslindale.
- PACKARD, of Roslindale, hand in
| jured.
CHARLES MAY and HARRY GAY, mortal
ly injured.
T. BOWMAN, of Dedham, hip and back in
jured.
FRANK You've, of West RoXbury.
WM. HUDsoN, of West Roxbury.
WM. HAWKINS, of West RoNbury.
The latest computation shows a total OF
twenty-three killed and fifty injured.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Heartrendlng scenes Described by W.T.
nesses-ConductOr's Terrible Death.
BOSTON, March 14.-The most horrible
railroud accident that has occurred in the
vicinity of Boston since the holocaust at
Revere, happened this morning in the West
RoSbury district.
The a IN. train on the Boston and
Providence Railroad crashed through a